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New Mexico counties have long way to go under virus system

SANTA FE – New Mexico is moving to a county-by-county system for responding to COVID-19 that allows local communities to shed some restrictions on mass gatherings, restaurant dining, attenda...

DATE: Nov 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation finds 177 more COVID-19 cases, 5 new deaths

The Associated Press WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. – The Navajo Nation is reporting more than 170 new COVID-19 cases and five additional deaths. Navajo health officials announce...

DATE: Nov 30, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

US Air Force gunship training unit to relocate to New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – The U.S. Air Force has selected a base in New Mexico as the future home for its AC-130J aircraft and training force. Officials say Kirtland Air Force Base is their p...

DATE: Nov 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Average daily coronavirus deaths keeps rising in New Mexico

SANTA FE – A rolling average of statewide deaths from the coronavirus has surpassed 25 per day as New Mexico nears the end of a two-week period of heightened restrictions. The sev...

DATE: Nov 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico authorities to crack down on drunken drivers

SANTA FE – New Mexico authorities will be cracking down on drunken drivers throughout the month of December. State police issued the warning this week, saying sobriety checkpoints...

DATE: Nov 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

How the Cardboard Cory protest in Colorado helped Democrats defeat Gardner

Activists shaped the political conversation in creating iconic advocacy campaign

DATE: Nov 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

New Mexico reports 2,142 additional COVID-19 cases, 23 deaths

SANTA FE – New Mexico on Saturday reported 2,142 additional known COVID-19 cases and 23 new deaths. The statewide totals increased to 93,982 cases and 1,527 deaths. F...

DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Archdiocese of Santa Fe in New Mexico cuts 20 positions

ALBUQUERQUE – The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is cutting 20 positions and ending publication of its Archbishop John C. Wester announced the layoffs in a letter to parishioners on Monday. ...

DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

With no action by Washington, states race to offer virus aid

SANTA FE – Faulting inaction in Washington, governors and state lawmakers are racing to get pandemic relief to small business owners, the unemployed, renters and others whose livelihoods hav...

DATE: Nov 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo homes get electricity with money from CARES Act

SAN JUAN COUNTY, Utah (AP) – Chastity De Guzman and her four children have lived in a home on the Navajo Nation without power since 2015. She said they had been on a waiting list for more th...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Pumping aims to boost Pecos River amid drought losses

CARLSBAD, N.M. – New Mexico water managers are pumping water from state reservoirs into the Pecos River to account for losses during a devastating drought. The move was meant to a...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Count of new virus cases falls in New Mexico, but danger persists

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico’s daily count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has been trending down over recent days from the record highs reported earlier this month, but nearly every county remained...

DATE: Nov 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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